This second various artist
album recorded at what most consider to be the birthplace of punk, "The Roxy"
was recorded at the end of 1977 marking it's closing. Unlike the original recorded the
previous year all but The UK Subs, the only band to have two tracks, disappeared. The Subs
had been playing the Roxy since late summer 1977 after first establishing a name in south
London.

The UK Subs complete s
essions
from the "Farewell To The Roxy". Stiff records had passed on the Subs in mid
1977.,When the band signed to GEM an RCA distributed company they bought the masters from
Sparta Florida publishing (Who were sued in the 1990's by the band for non payment of
royalties), and cashed in. The individual photo's on the back however show the following
line-up who were just starting to get chart success.

Reissue of "Live
Kicks" omitting the Strangle Hold encore. The LP comes with a nice gatefold jacket,
but again the photo is not of the line-up playing on the record but a still from "Top
Of The Pops" more than two years after it was recorded.

Three John Peel sessions were
recorded from 1978 and 1979. John had approached us after hearing the two songs from
"Live At The Roxy" which he played on his show regularly. He offered to finance
a seven inch single for us, that didn't happen, but we did record the first session on
5/23/78 for his show. (Tracks 1-5). The second session was recorded 9/6/98 (Tracks
6-10) and the final session 6/16/79. The first session was also the debut for bass player
Paul Slack (Steve's older brother) and Drummer Pete Davies formally of Dick Envy.

The ground swell on the street
level made the Subs an interesting commodity by 1998. City records had four 7"
singles out C.I.D. was their 5th. The only other record by a known band was a Girlschool
single. C.I.D. sold very well and went in and out of the Indi charts several times.
It was released on 4 different colors, then re-pressed each time on a new color totaling 7
different ones.

1) C.I.D.
(Harper/Anderson)
2) I Live In A Car (Harper)
3) B.1.C. (Harper/Garratt)

This was actually the second
attempt to record this bubblegum song. A year earlier it was recorded for a publishing
company then aborted. This was the first record for GEM Records. The music was lifted from
a Chuck Berry single. It charted twice in the UK national charts. Highest position #26

The debut studio album contain
most of the same songs from "Live AT The Roxy with a few new compositions. It charted
in the top 20 of the UK national charts. Produced by John McCoy (as with Stranglehold),
who was the bass player for Gillian.

Remix version from
"Another Kind Of Blues" backed with two songs left off the album. Charted in the
top 30 of the UK National charts. The model on the front is Joanne Slack, Steve &
Paul's younger sister who later ran the fan club.

Charlie had trouble singing
this cover version of the Zombies "She's Not There" so Paul ended up singing it.
On the Top Of The Pops appearance, Charlie posed with a flying V guitar. Charted in the
top 30 of the UK national charts.

Again charting in the top 30
in the UK National charts, the 2nd studio album was produced by Nicky & Charlie. It
featured a new, slightly longer version of Warhead. Emotional Blackmail was split to open
and close side two.

The last release with the
Slack/Davies rhythm section. Recorded live at the Rainbow theater in London, it entered
the UK national charts first week at #8. The first issue came with a free 12 EP "For
Export Only" recorded at London's Lyceum in 1979

The debut with the new rhythm section. A video was shot for the single featuring a lame
can can by Sun page 3 girls behind the band. It was not used. Neither was the top Of The
Pops recording where fans jumped the stage at the BBC. A version sung in French was
released through the Fan club.

1) Party In Paris
(Harper)
2) Fall Of The Empire (Harper/Garratt/Nixon)

The story of the recording of "Diminished Responsibility" starts with Mike
Leander's production of the single "Party In Paris" Mike Leander produced
(and played most of the instruments) on all the Gary Glitter hits. With the Subs he seemed
mostly interested in having another Gary Glitter type hit and was not very interested in
the album. The production was very poor. Nicky Garratt stepped in to re-mix, but much of
the damage was done at the recording stage. The songs however showed more ambition.

The last single for GEM was their all out attempt to get a top ten single. This included
slick production and bribing the band to ware new romantic clothes. It did chart and the
Subs played their last Top Of The Pops. They rushed out a limited version with two extra
tracks to try and puss the single higher into the charts, but instead it fell. GEM tried
to re negotiate the contract but could not make an agreement and the Subs moved on to NEMS
records.

The UK Subs finest album. With
little promotion by New label NEMS, it was little noticed, but years later it is
considered their best recording with multiple covers by bands as diverse as Guns &
Roses, Dag Nasty and Demolition 23 (Hanoi Rocks)